TY  - BOOK
AU  - Privman,V.
AU  - Švrakić,N.M.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Directed Models of Polymers, Interfaces, and Clusters: Scaling and Finite-Size Properties
T2  - Lecture Notes in Physics,
SN  - 9783540481201
AV  - QD450-882 
U1  - 541 23
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - Chemistry, Physical organic
KW  - Polymers
KW  - Statistical physics
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Plasma (Ionized gases)
KW  - Physical Chemistry
KW  - Statistical Physics
KW  - Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas
KW  - Polymer Sciences
N1  - Directed walk models of polymer conformations -- Line interfaces in two dimensions: Solid-on-solid models -- Polymers at surfaces -- Models of stacks and compact clusters -- Summary
N2  - This monograph gives a detailed introductory exposition of research results for various models, mostly two-dimensional, of directed walks, interfaces, wetting, surface adsorption (of polymers), stacks, compact clusters (lattice animals), etc. The unifying feature of these models is that in most cases they can be solved analytically. The methods used include transfer matrices, generating functions, recurrence relations, and difference equations, and in some cases involve utilization of less familiar mathematical techniques such as continued fractions and q-series. The authors emphasize an overall view of what can be learned generally of the statistical mechanics of anisotropic systems, including phenomena near surfaces, by studying the solvable models. Thus, the concept of scaling and, where known, finite-size scaling properties are elucidated. Scaling and statistical mechanics of anisoptropic systems in general are active research topics. The volume provides a comprehensive survey of exact model results in this field
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0016702
ER  -